Best lighting kit for my money £450-£500

[Andy77]

Looking for a lighting kit to do home portraits, will be used to visit peoples homes so needs to be easily portable, had my heart set on the lencarta, but been browseing the net and im all again lol...
Any help apprieciated

Andy

 

[LongLensPhotography]

Perhaps a set of 3-4 speedlites, portable softboxes and maybe a hilite?

 

[Dave Pickett]

elemental genesis, or trinity look good value and are within budget. problem with lencarta is that there is abig price difference between the smartflash and the elite pro, elemental fits in this gap.

Both however are very good value, tough choice!

 

[Cris_L]

Andy the more I use my lencarta the more I like them. Whilst there are other good alternatives out there I doubt you'd be disappointed with the lencarta.

 

[markseventphotos]

Andy,have a look at the elemental Gear,give them a call and they will basically put you something together to suit your budget,but also your needs,very friendly bunch

 

[Andy77]

Andy the more I use my lencarta the more I like them. Whilst there are other good alternatives out there I doubt you'd be disappointed with the lencarta.

Hi again cris, lencarta's are at the top of my list,there out of stock at min, i want the 3 head kit, just thought id ask opinions before parting with my well earned cash lol, do you have any shots from your lencarta's i could see

Andy

 

[Garry Edwards]

The Lencarta ElitePro is pretty high end, with quite a few features that the SmartFlash doesn't have, even though the build quality and the quality of the light is the same, and that's the reason for the difference in price. You can always shop around and get cheaper, but cheaper isn't always better value, and you can always pay more for a premium name, but a premium name isn't necessarily better either.

It can be difficult to make a decision based on claims made by sellers (especially if you don't have the means to verify that the claims are accurate) so the safest decision may be one based on the reputation of the seller - knowledge, integrity, customer service etc. Lencarta has a good reputation in all of these areas.

You may want to take a look at this thread. There are conflicting statements by two interested parties, but the final post was made by the Admin of this site, who has no axe to grind.

 

[Garry Edwards]

Hi again cris, lencarta's are at the top of my list,there out of stock at min, i want the 3 head kit, just thought id ask opinions before parting with my well earned cash lol, do you have any shots from your lencarta's i could see

Andy

The SmartFlash should be back in stock in 8 days from now

 

[Cris_L]

Hi again cris, lencarta's are at the top of my list,there out of stock at min, i want the 3 head kit, just thought id ask opinions before parting with my well earned cash lol, do you have any shots from your lencarta's i could see

Andy

I can send you some shots but I'm of a similar experience to you with lighting so I'm not sure I'll be doing it justice.
The offer is still there for you to come round my house or to the west mids meet ( Sunday) and use if for yourself. Mine is only 2 head, will add a 3rd at some point.